The ideas by which people . . . interpret their existence and in measure guide their behavior, were not forged in a world of wealth. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Where the real world changes into simple images, the simple images become real beings and effective motivations of hypnotic behavior. — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
In any conflict the boundaries of behavior are defined by the party that cares the least about morality — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Few things are as foolish as hoping old behaviors will somehow present new results. — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
“Does anyone truly understand females? ...Their behavior is opposite of everything in the natural order and flies in the face of logic.” — Mary Lydon Simonsen Copy Share Image
Opinions: men's thoughts about great subjects. Taste: their thoughts about small ones: dress, behavior, amusements, ornaments. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Life is full of cycles that have a way of perpetuating themselves. Success and failure both feed on themselves. Things can go… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
The final act of an unraveling society isn't immoral behavior; it's canonizing immoral behavior as a 'new normal' and celebrating it as… — Jeff Iorg Copy Share Image
The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
There is a compelling case showing us that we actually change people all the time. And when we fully realize this, we… — Michelle Gielan Copy Share Image
One thing that I learned that helped me deal with human behavior is confrontation, and I'm not that great with confrontation at… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
Music defines decades, and quite clearly shapes the rhythm, vitality of fashion, attitude and social behaviors. The anthology, just like most of… — Hedi Slimane Copy Share Image
To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Being a control freak makes us tense, stressed out, and unpleasant to be with. Surrendered people understand that they can't always change… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
To say that a man is sinful because he sins is to give an operational definition of sin. To say that he… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
“it’s human behavior, human social behavior, and in many cases abnormal human social behavior. And it is indeed a mess, a subject… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
When Martha first met me, I was anxious and jumpy. I was always tapping my foot, rocking, or exhibiting some other behavioral… — John Elder Robison Copy Share Image
Men in all societies possess the biological equipment to remove their hats or shoes, but it is the birth within a particular… — Peter Farb Copy Share Image
I'm not attracted to naturalism, I'm not attracted to behavior, I'm attracted to dance. I'm attracted to gesture, I'm attracted to singing… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
If you accept learning as a dominant determination of your behavior, then all of a sudden you're open to the idea that,… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
The only funny part about Colonial Dunsboro is maybe it's too authentic, but for all the wrong reasons. This whole crowd of… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I am embarrassed by some of my behavior and no matter what I say or do I can't make everyone happy. I… — Jill Zarin Copy Share Image
I am put on my best behavior, which means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior. — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
I've been harassed or on the receiving end of sexist and inappropriate behavior almost every place I've ever worked. — Kirsten Powers Copy Share Image
“The world is my church. My actions are my prayer. My behavior is my creed.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics. — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it. — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me. — Amy Smart Copy Share Image
War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Your beauty and status are to be remembered for some time, but your good behavior and sincerity will rule over the hearts… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
When we understand the needs that motivate our own and others behavior, we have no enemies. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
People fascinate me. Consciously or unconsciously, I have been studying their behavior all my life. — David Cobley Copy Share Image
We never know the issues others may be facing, and it isn't up to us to judge actions and behavior. — Stacy Keibler Copy Share Image